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All movies seen on 06/26/2024

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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo, Naoko Kusumi

Science Fiction | Crime | Mystery

Overview

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer’s software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase “Help me.”

Rated PG-13 | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Akio Otsuka | Kouichi Yamadera | Atsuko Tanaka | Tamio Ohki | Yutaka Nakano | Hiroaki Hirata | Masaki Terasoma | Sumi Mutou | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Sukekiyo Kameyama | Ryûji Nakagi | Fumihiko Tachiki | Minoru Hirano | Katsunosuke Hori | Naoto Takenaka | Hiroyuki Kinoshita | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Nanami Hinata | Gou Aoba | Eisuke Asakura | Emiko Fuku | Masao Harada | Eriko Kigawa | Shuji Kishida | Kenichi Mochizuki | Yasushi Niko | Yuu Sugimoto | Akeno Watanabe | Makoto Yasumura

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Great to finally see this on the big screen! the new 4K looks excellent. Look forward to owning that in the future. I think this movie was initially panned on release bc “oh why are they making a sequel to one of the greatest anime features of all time” nonsense back when 9 years between films seemed like a long time. Another criticism was probably the lack of Major Kusanagi, “how can you make a sequel to GITS and not have her front and center?!”

Batou is the lead here and I’m actually happen they did something different w/the story instead of rehashing the first movie. It’s a slow burn mystery police procedural until the third act when the action kicks in. ofc it still has the cyberterrorism themes and some neat robot tech. It’s a different movie with its own groove. Cool that we had a decent crowd for the Japanese language version.

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